Effects of material hardship on depression among adults in South Korea: insights from by the Korea Welfare Panel Study 2008–2017

Abstract Background Low socioeconomic status deemed by income-based measures is a risk factor for depression. Material hardship is commonly used as a multidimensional socioeconomic indicator to identify the struggles that low-income households encounter that are not captured by conventional income-b...

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Main Authors: Soo Hyun Kang, Selin Kim, Eun-Cheol Park, Sung-In Jang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01531-1